Fastening for stove-base members



Sept; 16 {1924. 1,508,797

I E. KENER, JR

FASTENING FOR STOVE BASE MEMBERS Filed March 2'7, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Sept. 16, 1924. 1,508,797

E. KENER. JR

FASTENING FOR STOVE BAS E MEMBERS Filed March 27, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 16, 1924.

m ts stars-s as aren't mare? EDWARD KENER, JR, or BUFFALO; NEW YORK, assrenonfmo BUeFFALOgCQ-OBEBATIVE ESTOVE co.,,oF BUFFALO,-NEW YORK, A;eonronarromon nnwsyqnx.

" 1-FAS'T-ENING tron s'rovn-iaAsn MEMBERS.

Applicatien filecl March 27. 1924. 's a1.;no. ngage.

T ZZ wfiomit may concern @Be it known that I, EDWARD a citizen of the UnitedStates, r'esidin at Buffalo, ,in the county of Erie and" tate of New York; have invented new and 'use- "ful lmprovements in Fastenings forStove- BaseiMembers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto an improved faste'ning between the several members of a basej which is utilized for supportingthe gsuperstructure of stoves such as are now commonly employed in domestickitchens.

3 eled surface after the parts are completely asfHeret'ofore, the base members of a stove havebeenusually connected by bolts extending through the several parts and similar 111621115 of fastening which were so constructed that some parts were exposed on the outersideof the base in the assembled position of the parts which is objectionable for the reason that this renders it impossible to a first enamel the several parts of the base and subsequently fasten the same together witl1outn1 arring the enamel surface. i Obviously any construction which'doesnot jper mit of retaining the: full finish of an enamfjsembled results in a marring. of the beauty gof a stove and therefore renders thesame "less neat n appearance.

vide a means of fasteningthe several members of a stove base which are so constructed that themainflelements of the same are on fthe interior of the base and therefore con-- cealed from view and which are so organ i Z ed as to leave a1 practlcally smooth exte- 'rior orouter'surface on the base members,

wl ich can be properly enameled before he ing assembled and which can be -securely fa nd reliably connected so as3toproduce a f rigid base structure without liability" of fm'a'rring or scratching" the outer channel 7 :surface of the base and thus maintaining "the same in the most attractive condition.

In thea'ccoinpanying drawings 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view of'the'jba'se of .a stove equipped w th my improved means of connecting the several members thereof.

KENER, J11,

line 3 "Itisthe object of this invention to' p ro- I v p g g g ferred' form is constructed as follows:

- one"corner of this basegon"v anf enlarged scale.

Figure. 3 a ett a a ap feke-9n 3,; Flgure; 2. r fF'lgures4 and: 5 are? det hedview pf t Views.

lhe stove base shown the drawings as an example of one. installation capable of a a ous y em loyin m mp fastening ;QOII1PI'1S( 5S agg plurality ofyh oriz ontal banmembers 1O, preferably four innumf r, a d ip rality .o leg 2 also 01 in number the several bar members and leg as to" forin a substantially rectangularjstrucl .Ea 95 h l s sf'arrahg df t 9. 'corner of ithe. base; and :h as its'gupperl end connected with two acent bar linembers which ,are "arranged. Eat "right angles relatively to each other; and fastenedftotheup- Pe P ar efttb i eieee r its 3951 i al my{ improved connection, which in itsgp'res At its upper end each of the legs -is;pro-.

vise t w la -e ta yinten i win '12 which are arranged at right an les 'to each other I in a hsnzontai puns. ons-the outer vertical side of; eacli'f of" tl1e'se wings ='tl1e same is provided with a reciess or socket "13 which is-" elongated horizontally and .opens at its puter end at the eiitremity of "this wing while its 7. inner end is of. circular form. The bottomi 14 of this reces s "is" flat "in'the inain portjion thereof and-the marginal edge 15 ofjthis recess inclined, "this "inclination being" most pronounced 7 at the inner or curved portion ofjthe recess.

' 1 On the outerside'ofthe bottom;ofthe re- "c'essthe same is provided with a raised por- ''tion- 16, the inner side 1-17 is. constructed *to form an inclined or beveled-shoulder.

,eiefi b ra fth "ba e; ,fih f lm bei g an I ns de .v1ew of one; of the base barsfand Ithe latter an outside view of one pf theilegst being coupled th a I t e "so the central part of the bottom 14 the same is provided with an opening 18 extending from the front to the rear side of the wing which opening is preferably elongated vertically in the form of a slot. Adjacent to opposite vertical edges of this opening each wing of the leg is provided on its rear side with two raised seats 19 and 20 which are provided midway of their height with notches 21, 22, the bottoms of which are preferably rounded, as shown in Figures 3 and 6.

Each of the bar members 10 of the base is provided at its opposite ends with tenons 23, each of which projects horizontally from this bar about midway between the lower and upper edges thereof and is elongated horizontally. The form of each of these tenons is substantially the same as the dimensional lines of the recesses in thelegs for which purposes the upper and lower edges of each tenon are arranged horizontally and the outer end thereof is of rounded or curved form so that each tenon will fit a recess 13 in one of the legs. The marginal part of each tenon is beveled or inclined, as shown in 24, to conform to the beveled edge of the recess 13, the bevel portion on the rounded end of the tenon being more pronounced to correspond to the more pronounced bevel portion of the inner rounded end of the recesses in the legs. Adjacent to its inner ends each of the tenons is provided on its inner side with a vertical rib 25, the

inner side 26 which faces away from the outer end of the extremity of the tenon being beveled.

. About midway of its length each tenon provided on its inner side with an inwardly projecting coupling lug 27 and this lug is provided with a horizontal opening 28. The numeral 29 represents a cotter or fastening pin which is adapted to pass through the opening 28 of the lug 29 and engage with th notches of the seats 19 and 22 for the purpose of connecting the several parts.

In the assembled position of a leg member and bar member of the base, the beveled edge of the tenon engages with the beveled edge of the recess on the leg member and the inclined shoulder 26 on the tenon engages with the shoulder 17 on' the outer spective wing of the. leg above and below the recess or socket thereof, so that the leg member and bar member are prevented from turning vertically relatively to each other, and instead are held reliably in their normal upright position. The several parts are so fitted that when the pin 29 is driven into place it will produce a wedging efiect upon the raised seats 19 and 20 and thereby draw the coupling lug 27 inwardly and thus securely fasten the bar member and leg member together without liability of any looseness developing in the. parts after the same are assembled.

'After these parts are thus connected the outer surfaces of each bar member and the respective leg member are flush and capable of being readily cleaned.

' This stove base after its several parts are thus assembled presents no nuts, bolt heads, screws or similar fastenings on its outer side which enables these surfaces of the base members to be enameled or otherwise. highly finished without liability of marring any of these surfaces during the operation of assembling and connecting the several base members. Due to this construction it is possible to not only assemble the members of a stove base much more rapidly and firmly inasmuch as no particular care is required to avoid marring the exterior and when the product is completed the same is left in an unmarred and in a neat appearing condition so far as its outer surfaces are concerned.

I claim as my invention:

1. A stove base comprising a bar member, a leg member, one of said members being provided with a recess and the other member having a tenon engaging with said recess, the bottom of said recess having an opening and said tenon having a lug extending through said opening, and a pin extending through said lug and engaging with that side of the member having the recess opposite to where the same is engaged by said tenon.

2. A stove base comprising a bar member, a leg member, one of said members being provided with a recess and the other member having a tenon engaging with said recess, the member having said recess being provided with an opening extending. through the same from the bottom of the recess on the front side of this member to the rear side thereof, and the rear side of this last mentioned member having raised seats on opposite sides of said opening, and said tenon having a lug extending through said opening, and a pin passing through said lug and engaging said seats.

3. A stove base comprising a bar member, a leg member, one of said members being provided with a recess and the other member having a tenon engaging with said recess,

the member having said recess being prohaving a notch, and said tenon having a vided with an opening extending through perforated lug extending through said openthe same from the bottom of the recess on ing, and a pin passing through the per- 10 the front side of this member to the rear forated lug and engaging with the notches side thereof, and the rear side of thislast of said sea-ts. mentioned member having raised seats on opposite sides of said opening, each seat EDWARD KENER, JR. 

